Thanks for visiting the Sanoca Rural Fire District website! We hope you find our site interesting and informative.

We are located in Wilson County, North Carolina, and our primary response area is about 37 square miles. Our district has a population of about 2500 residents, and is mostly rural.

We respond as mutual aid to all of Wilson City & County Fire Departments (if needed), but primarily respond to East Nash, Baker Town, Stantonsburg/Moyton VFD's.

We operate out of a single station, with seven pieces of apparatus. We have 25 motivated and dedicated Volunteers, with 75% of our members certified at the NC Firefighter Level I&II. Many are also certified as EMT's and/or Medical First Responders as well.

We strive to provide the best service we canPlease check back often as our site is continually updated with upcoming activities and useful information!

In memory of our beloved brother in blue and in Christ.

What We Do

We provide and array of services. We may be a small department, but we strive to continually train and use the most currently available technology to achieve our mission and to provide the best service we can. All of this based with attention to detail with priority given toLife Safety and Property Conservation!

Forest FiresFarm/Crop Land Fires

Awareness Level (Identification)

Fire District Receives New Rating After Inspection

State Officials Award New District Rating

RALEIGH - North Carolina Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Causey announced today that the following Fire Districts completed their routine inspection and received the listed rating, on listed effective dates. The inspection, conducted by officials with the Department of Insurance Office of State Fire Marshal (OSFM), is required on a regular basis as part of the North Carolina Response Rating System (NCRRS). Among other things, the routine inspections look for proper staffing levels, sufficient equipment, proper maintenance of equipment, communications capabilities and availability of a water source.District Type Rating Effective ======== ====== ====== ========== Sanoca Rural 5/9E 08/01/2017 Saratoga Municipal 5 08/01/2017The NCRRS rating system ranges from one (highest) to 10 (not recognized as a certified fire department by the state), with most rural departments falling into the 9S category. While lower ratings do not necessarily indicate poor service, a higher rating does suggest that a department is overall better equipped to respond to fires in its district. Higher ratings can also significantly lower homeowners insurance rates in that fire district."I'd like to congratulate Chief O'Briant for the department's performance and for the hard work of all the department members," said Commissioner Causey. "The citizens in the Town of these districts should rest easy knowing they have a fine group of firefighters protecting them and their property in case of an emergency."State law requires OSFM officials to inspect departments serving districts of 100,000 people or less, which makes up all but six of the state's fire districts.